Stock markets and livestock quotes from Garden City and Kansas City
At noon the Dow Jones industrial average stood at 846.63, up 9.08. Garden City Livestock reported totals of 1,460 cattle and 398 hogs with steady to higher tone. Cattle and calf prices ranged from 23 to 35 for calves and 16 to 27 for cows, with baby calves 40 to 75. Hog prices eased about 30 cents, tops at 18.75, others 17 to 18. Sows and boars also traded. Kansas City Livestock showed cattle trade mixed, hogs down 25 to 30 cents, lambs steady with primes at 24.50 to 26.00.
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Garden City
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Five Die on Kansas Roads
Five people died in Kansas over the weekend in separate traffic incidents. A father Ed ward Geiman 38 and his son Patrick 4 were killed two miles southeast of McPherson in a two car collision on Kansas 61. Cherie Clear 18 of Liberal was struck in Emporia while crossing a street. John Rushing 15 of Russell died in a three car crash north of Bunker Hill. Richard Baird 6 of Topeka was struck by a car after leaving a Topeka movie theater. he was the son of Mr and Mrs Warren G Baird of Forbes Air Force Base.
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Associated Press
McPherson
Kansas
Edward Geiman
Conway
Kan
Patrick Geiman
Cherie Clear
Emporia State College
Russell
Bunker Hill
Richard Baird
Topeka
Warren G. Baird
Forbes Air Force Base
Community Activity Schedule for March
A condensed March multi day set of YMCA and local group events. Women’s exercise at 6:30 pm, executive and program committee meetings at 7 and 8 pm, church athletic meeting, painting, women’s swim at 10 am, ceramics and guitar lessons, and bridge and knitting classes scheduled at the YMCA Hall and local venues.
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YMCA
Church Athletic Agen
Bach
Mel Krebs
Chris Sigsbes
Toln
Ymca Hall
Worker Suffers Fractured Leg in Pipeline Construction
An 18 year old Ronald Huff of Kansas City Missouri was injured when he fell under the rear wheels of a moving truck while loading planking at a pipeline installation a field five miles east of Hickok in Hassan County. Huff, staying at a Ulysses hotel, was treated at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses for a fractured right leg. He worked for Shamrock Construction Co. on the project.
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Hickok
Here
Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital
Ulysses
Ronald R. Huff
Kansas City
Huff
Shamrock Construction Co
Haskell County
Kansas Traffic Log Topeka Report
AP brief notes Kansas traffic death log covering 48 hours to 9 am Monday in March 1968. Compares the period to the previous year with 1b and 34 deaths for 1967. No additional details on locations individuals or agencies included.
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Topeka
Kansas
Annual Christian Art Festival at Community Church
Community Church sponsors the third annual Christian Art Festival during Holy Week April 7 to 14 invites Southwest Kansas artists to enter original works with no fees. Judges include Michael Williamson and Ted Carlson. symposium on Palm Sunday features critique and church art discussion. Entries limited to three per artist with a youth division and deadline April 4–5.
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Teleg Hi
Community Church
Michael Williamson
Kansas State University
Ted Carl]son
Dodge City
Williamson
Carlson
Malcom Bertram
Kansas
Lane Teacher Is Nominated In Master Teacher Award
Mrs Elmer Johnson Shields of Dighton has been named by Lane County teachers for the Master Teacher Award from Emporia State Teachers College. She has led Kansas education groups, authored Sunflower Petals, and taught in Logan Ness and Lane counties.
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Dighton
Elmer Johnson
Shields
Lane County
Emporia State Teachers College
Johnson
Kansas Authors
Beta Gamma
Delha Kappa Gamma
Kansas School Librarians Assn
Fort Hays State College
Kansas State University
Emporia State
Logan
Ness
Lane
Kansas
Foster Plays With Orchestra in Dodge City Play
Rhea Foster son of Mr and Mrs Alton Foster will play trombone in the orchestra for The Roar of the Greasepaint the Smell of the Crowd tonight at Dodge City Municipal Auditorium Curtain is 8 30 p m Edward Earle and David C Jones star in the production third Phi Beta Psi American Theatre League Dodge City event Proceeds go to St Anthony and Trinity hospitals for cardiac equipment in the intensive care units
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Cifian
Dodge City
Rhea Foster
Alton Foster
Anderson
Fort Hays State College
Phi Beta Psi American Theatre League
Dodge City Municipal Auditorium
Edward Earle
David C. Jones
Catholic World
Davide Merrick
New York
St. Anthony and Trinity Hospitals
New Zealand Guest Presents Lions Banner at Garden City
Shenaugh Gleeson foreign exchange student from Hamilton New Zealand presents a Lions Club banner to Garden City High School and local Lions President Bob Renick. The banner from Ngaruawahia Lions was given via her father’s club friends and presented during her guest speaker visit last week.
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Telegram
New Zealand
Garden City Lions Club
Lions Club
Shenaugh Gleeson
Garden City High School
Lions
Bob Renick
Shenaugh
American Field Service
Hamilton
Ngaruawahia
London Newspapers Raise Prices by One Penny
Five London daily newspapers with national circulation will raise prices by one penny to five pence starting Monday. The newspapers cite higher costs from newsprint rising $16.80 a ton following the pound's devaluation last November.
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London
Garden City Dismissals and Suspensions Report
A list of dismissals at Garden City Hospitals and Saturday events includes numerous names with addresses, followed by county suspended sentences for W Engroff and a sequence of police fines and bonds forfeited for various traffic and license violations. Names include Cynthia Baird, Mrs Donald Bayer and baby, William Beckwith, Mrs Russell Birkle and baby, Terra Dimitt, Charles Duquette Jr, Rose Flores, Kim Hendricks, Carmen McCullough, Sandra MecKedy, Maria Ramirez, Vernie Walker, Judith Wartman, Mrs Dennis Green, Mrs John Beeson, Mrs Richard Bennett, Mrs Irene Brewer, Mrs Dorothy Cannon, Mrs Oliver Ebbesson, Eric Keller, Norman Sammerman, Mrs Jack Stroud, James Wagner, Brenda Wasinger, Mrs Betty White, among others. Police fines include parking violations, improper backing, speeding, and drunken driving, with several counts of license plate display and curfew violations.
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St. Catherine
Cynthia Baird
Parkwood
Donald Bayer
William Beckwith
Bancroft
Russell Birkle
E. Chestnut
David, Davis
Pierceville
Terra Dimitt
Charles Duquette, Jr
Jones Rose Flores
Kim Hendricks
Pearl Carmen McCullough
E. Maple
Sandra MecKedy
Maria Ramirez
Holcomb
Vernie Walker
Ulysses Judith Wartman
James Wagner
Brenda Wasinger
Betty White
Courts
Max W. Engroff
E. Fulton
Robert Thomas Rupp
Vernon Lee Cornette Jr
Elton Lambert
Melvin Ray Rupp
Terry Wayne Robinson
Pleasant
Hill
Calif
Steve Patterson Herman
Olive
Clinton Charles Crouse
Donna Rachell Johnson
Keith Kazie Sizelove
E. Santa Fe
Legal Deeds Report For Property Transfers In On County Records
A batch of deeds lists license holder Richard Braun and Connie Zirkel, both 20, as parties in legal transfers. Administrator Jo sephine Yardley conveys Easton Pogue estate rights to James Burnette. Edward Tomchak and spouse sell part of Jones Addition lot to B V Perry. Arthur Drussel and spouse transfer SE parcel 26 and NE 35 to Douglas Drussel. Thayne Davis couple transfer parts of Parkwood Second Addition Lots 19 and 21. Claude Russell couple transfer SW 7-24-31 to Lawrence Odgers. Cletus Simon couple transfer SEM 5 and Nl SW% of 5 in 22-29 to Urban Simon. Carmen Marand and Morgan Ebert quit-claim to Evelyn Payne of lots 7–9 block 78 Original Plat. Payne and spouses reverse to Marand and Ebert of lot 2 block 78 Original Plat.
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Lawrence H. Odgers
Cletus
A. Simon
Urban W. Simon
Carmen Marand
Morgan Ebert
Evelyn Maxine Payne
Carmen Mar
Morgn Ebert
Traffic Accidents Reported Across City and County
Multiple crashes Saturday and Sunday reported across Kansas city area. Drivers Kenneth Miller Edward Steinwand Jimmie Castor Clarence McIlhaney Richard Baier Cecil Clymer Joe Bender Charles Smith and Steven Schmidt cited with extensive or minor damage incidents. One vehicle rolled after loss of control, with a car and a semi involved in separate wrecks.
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Kansas West
Kenneth R. Miller
Pearl
Edward Steinwand
Kansas
Jimmie Wayne Castor
Loveland
Tex
Lonto Street
Main
Clarence Robert Mc
Block E. Fulton
Joe P. Bender
Richard Baier
Summit
Block Iw
Charles Gerald Smith
Longjmont
Colo
I See concert by Wichita State Brass Ensemble
The Wichita State University Brass Ensemble will perform at Ulysses Methodist Church on March 29 at 8 p.m. Tickets cost 1 for adults and 50 cents for children, available at the door.
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Wichita State University Brass Ensemble
Ulysses Methodist Church
Four Alarms Fire Hits Garden City Saturday
Fire crews fought and answered four alarms Saturday afternoon and night. A trash and grass fire near Safeway damaged lumber and material at 1115 Mildred owned by J Henry Lafferty while junk around an empty house was saved. A shrubbery blaze at El Rancho motel along US 50 was quickly out. A final blaze at 550 p.m. consumed a station wagon in the U K Courts parking lot on E Fulton, owner J F Gunnels of Artesia reported the car parked an hour prior and the interior was gutted.
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Garden City
Safeway Food
Mildred
J. Henry Lafferty
el Rancho
US 50
U.K
E Fulton
J. F. Gunnels
Artesia
N.M
Gunnels
GAA Team Places Fifth At Volleyball Day
The Girls Athletic Assn. volleyball squad finished fifth out of eighteen at a Hays Sports Day. Garden City beat Minneola WaKeeney and LaCrosse, lost to Utica, with a Ransom forfeit shaping one win. Players included Heinz Widows Rodriguez Joyce Lightner Ribbing Alcaraz Proffitt Arellano Sandoval Davis.
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Barbara Sandoval
Marla Davis
Danish envoy goes to Hanoi to discuss Vietnam peace
The Danish ambassador said a Danish official visited Hanoi at North Vietnam s request. Torben Ronne noted that Torres Oldenburg, ambassador to Red China, was asked and went to Hanoi. He did not confirm any new peace talks phase.
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ST. Louis
United States
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Torben ‘Rone
Torres Oldenburg
Red China
Ronne
Vietnam
Patterson Rites Set for Coldwater Area Rancher
Melvin E. Patterson 75 a longtime Garden City native died yesterday at his Harper home. Services are 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Hatfield Funeral Home Coldwater with burial at Crown Hill Cemetery. Born July 27 1892 in Garden City he moved to Comanche County in 1917 and was a retired rancher and farmer.
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Coldwater
Melvin E. Patterson
Garden City
Harper
Hatfield
Crown Hill
Comanche County
Mrs Ethel Bosley 81 Coldwater Funeral Held Tomorrow
Mrs. Ethel Margaret Bosley 81 of Coldwater mother of Harvey L Myers Sublette will be at y tomorrow at 10 a.m. at the Methodist Church Coldwater with burial at Crown Hill Cemetery. She died yesterday at Trinity Hospital Dodge City where she had been a patient since 1987.
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Coldwater
Ethel Margaret Bosley
Harvey L. Myers
Methodist Church
Crown Hill
Bosley
Trinity
Funeral for Mrs Bertha M Gerkin in Kinsley Church
Mrs Bertha M Gerkin 82 mother of Mrs Wanda Hahn Rt L dies Saturday morning at St Anthony's Hospital Dodge City. Funeral at 2 p m tomorrow at the Methodist Church Kinsley with Rev Ray Bressler officiating. Burial will be in Kinsley Cemetery.
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G. Renner
St. Anthony's Catholic Church
Garden Plain
St. Leo Cemetery
Bertha M. Gerkin
Wanda Hahn
Rt. L
Methodist Church
Kinsley
Ray Bressler
Kinsley Cemetery
Federal Jury Convicts Man in Bank Robbery Case
A federal court jury in Kansas City convict William L. Brooks, 39, of taking part in a $25,60 robbery of the Westgate State Bank on December 21. Brooks showed no emotion as the verdict was read. his co-defendant Frank J. Kobialka, 17, pleaded guilty and serves a 10 year term.
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Kansas City
Kan
William L. Brooks
Westgate State Bank
Brooks
Arthur J. Stanley
Frank J. Kobialka
Kobialka
Whitworth Captures Orange Blossom Open Title
Kathy Whitworth sank a 20 foot birdie putt on the 18th hole to win the Orange Blossom Open in St. Petersburg Florida, the first event of the 1968 ladies PGA tour. Sandra Haynie and Judy Kimball tied for second, with Haynie and Kimball each earning 1350 dollars while Whitworth's prize was 1875 dollars.
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ST. Petersburg
Fila
Kathy Whitworth
Sandra Haynie
Judy Kimball
Miss Haynie
Miss Kimball
Pistol Pete Has a Couple of Namesakes
All American LSU Tiger star Pistol Pete Maravich rewrote scoring records this season. Two Siberian tiger cubs arrived at Baton Rouge Zoo and officials named them Pistol and Pete reflecting the player’s nickname and fame.
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Saton Rouge
Pete Maravich
Louisiana State University Tiger
New Baton Rougt Zoo
Pete
Sophomore Elected Yale Cage Captain
NEW STAVEN Conn AP Thatcher Shellaby of Hermosa Beach California is the first sophomore elected captain of a Yale basketball team since Ed Robinson in 1955. The 6 foot 3 swing man who played in every game alternating forward and guard has been named to lead the Elis in 1968 69.
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New Staven
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